THE DAILY BRITiSH PAGE TWO on, rte - \ -- ---- meres ST FACIE DROENESS GOERS OF THE DAY, BUT CHIME IN GENERAL SHOWS | LOCAL NOTHS AND ITEMS OF | a] ; | | i { Series for the Young a w-- - -- A CONBIDERARBLE INCREASE, GENERAL INTEREST. Master R | Drankenness Decreased by Nearly Happenings in the City and Vietnity | : o Twenty-tive Per Cent. in Canada ~~What the Merchauts Offer to! 5 { During Last Year--Value of War-| the Readers of 'the Whig, i ; a = time Prohibition Demonstrated. » W. Swaine, plano tuner, orders at "Vol. 1---Bach Vol. 5=-Beethoven Vol. . $e=Schumann A. considerable fncredse in érime [McAuley's, of "phoae 584w | rol. Handél Vel. ' { thrioighout the Dominion is shows | Four prisonersewere brought down | Vol. 2 a ¥o Senile huher Vol. 10--Chopin oy the bine hook dealing with crimm- Hom Sudbury - to the penitentiary { Vol, 8---Haydn Vol. 7% eber Vol. 11--Grieg {inal gtatistios for the year 1918, Just § week. i Fol, di Vol. 8 elssohin 701: "12--Techatkowiky i issued from the office of the Domin- Millinery gale all trimmed hats] Vol, Mozart o end Vol. a Tae . {of Biatistician. greatly reduced at Misses Graham | > J . i* Prosecution for breaches of the [& Butlers, 370 Princess street. : i : 2, Country's prohibition regulations is, small fire occurred in the arts! SELECTED AND EDITED DWIN HUGHES TERI ae | Of course, largely responsible for the | building at Queen's on Friday morn | z de dn A | increase. ing. The fire broke out belwoen the With biographical sketches by CARL ENOBL > {| Aceording to the returns there | tWo floors, but the enigneers were Fn presenting this unique series, issued especially to meet the need of the young pianist for ma- Were diring the year 21,747 charges oon on the job and put it gut, terial from the mastéd composers for the lustrum ent, a work IS put. before the public which it fs and 17,370 convictions for ind cia... Now is the time (uv Dhave your \ ; AD . {offenses in the several provinces, as [Plano tuned. We carry two expert of the master represent: hoped, will fill a Jong-telt want. ~~ Hach volume contains a collection ot 1E# Teoh nically easiest compositions FUR SETS All up-to-date stiles on dis- play Mr oir Show Rooms. Bach garnient fs customs "Wade, from selected = prime skins properly matched. Tn * Your inspection fvitéd. John McKay, Limited "THE FUR HOUSE" ~ 130 to 187 B ROCK STREET = n BEN AEENN EYER EN ANE ENE HIDES His Master's Voice Records And Victrolas GLUCK AND HOMER oy pd < Abide With Me Crucifix Jesus Lover of My Soul Life's Dream is O'er (Music to Alice, 87132---§2.00 88577=§2.00 87200---§2.00 Where Art Thou) 87267----52.00 Oh, That We Two Were Maying 87110-<$3.00 Te Sweéetly Solemn Thought 3 ales of Hoffmann Barearolie weeges BT203 9.00 Whispering Hope we een so BT107-582.00 Rock of Ages ........... .......;o0 80 C 87198-8200 Hyiin of Praise--1 Waited for the Lord ....... 883768200 i -------- ti a -------- a Ts ea ---- = po ria . A _ MAHOOD BROS. ' "" "HEAR THESE RECORDS AT Bris cor vs pT a The Heathen ~ Chinee "You know, - boys," re- marked Professor Wiseman GBodsight recently to his class, "in China eyeglasses or spectacles are a badge of 2Hhe student and the learn- ed." ay "In. Canada," , continued the Professor, "they should also show. that you 'boys have brains enough to be sure that your eyés are fit, Take a hint from the heath- en Chines and have your eyes examinnd by 1.5, Asselstine, D.03. 342 King Btreet. Phone 1019w, 3 : : - Bungalow---frame; 4 rooms; B. v and Ci} ool ; ¥yont- efac $1650. Albert Street; frame] § rooths; B. and C.; tmme- diate possession, $4500---Johnson street; new "brick; 9 rooms; hot water heating; oak floors; posses. sion May. r yi, brisk; 8 FoomA; oak floors; ot water heating;. posses- sion Map, ! ; $4200 ; street; : bic ki 7 rooms "furnace; hariwood floors; éledtricity; earlg pos- § 'Meat Depart. 458. Crocery Depart. 459, 'Wholesale Department 1767 Toonvictions during the | compared witlt 19,669 charges i | 16,668 convictions the year beford, i being an (norease of 2,203, or nearly twelve per cent. for charges and an | in¢rease of 1,88], or slightly over leven and ene por year. The percentage of acquitaals ran from twelve per ceils In Prince Edward island to Sway iwenty-seven per cent. in Nova Secotia. The number of convictions in- creased during the year in All the provinces except Alberta, British Columbia, and the Yukon. The higher increases were in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and Nova Beotia, and the larger decredss in Hritish Columbia. The number of summary ootivies tions jumped from 98,452 in 1914 td 105,899 in 1918. Of these less than eight per cent. were women offend: ers. . -Eighty-two per cent. of the number of persons convicted of minor offénces were fined, thres per cent. were sentenced to imprisonment 'without option of a fine and fifteen per cent. Ny Sugwad to go on sus- Pended sentence. Of the minor ots fenders ageinst'the law, 21,026 were convicted for drunkenness as against 27,882 during the previous year. . Drunkennsss decreased by nearly twenty-five per cogt. fn Canada dure ing the year, incPeases being con- fined to the provinces of Manitoba and Alberta. In the last named province convietions numbered 825, as compared with 891 the previous year, an increase of 111 per cent. while * Manitoba convictions grew from 1,085 to 1,123, an increase of three and one-half per cent. . The beneficial effect of wartime prohibition is demonstrated by a table showing that for the war period 1914-1918 there was a decline of 65 per cent. in the number of con- victions for druttkemméss. The per- centage decrease by provinces was as follows: Prince Bdward Island, 73; Nova Scotia, 39; New Brunswick, 60; Quebec, 48; Ontario, 65; Manitoba, 82; Saskatchewan, 78; Alberta 8) British Columbia, 92; Yukon, § Bruce M. Dunn, 29 Mach street, pasted away on Friday at § a.m. De- cedged, who was only fourteen years of age, had been attending school right up to Tuesday night, and he took Ill on Wednesday. He was Toy moved to hosmtal on Thursday. De- Ceased was the enly son of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Dunn, and his death has come as a terrible blows to his par- ents and his many friepds. His fa- ther,-M. C. Dunn is, the manager of the local C.N,R. offices and the sym- pathy of his many friends in the city goes cut to him and his family. The funera! will take Blase on Sunday at 10 a.m. Rev. T. W. G. Brown xy officiate at the service. The remal are to be taken to Yarker for inter- ment, > z y IN MARINE CIROLES. The Movements of Vessels Reported - Along the Harbor, ~ Steamer Sarnor arrived from Os Wego with goal, and cleared again for that port for another load. Steamer Phalen cleared far Os. Wego to load coal. ' x Steamer Belleville cleared for Montreal, with package Toronto and Hamilton. Gel Steamer Ionic cleared oy Swift's wharf, and assisted by the Cornwall, went into dry dock at the Collings. wood Shipbuilding Company's dock. _ Steamer V 'ed from the Locomotive Works, where she une | losded a large cargo of coal.' Steamer Ketchum arrived Irom, he Welland Canal, and unloaded 1,~ 000 bushels of grain at Richardson's elevator, and then passed on down ---------------------------- Made i : A Sergt.-Major Leonard J. Hood. formerly a sergeant in the 21st Bat- talion, Who bas d sin last as y==ior freight ftom ] been engaged since ] tuners and will assure entire sails fagtion, C. W. Lindsay, Limited A meeting of the Board of Works was called for this afternoon for the purpose' of considering the question of the city engineer's department. - modern standpbint. The championship of the inter- facuity football well he decided on Saturday when Science plays Medi- ine on the campus a very exciting game is expected. We will.reat you a plano, and at end of six months if you feel like purchasing instrument we will sllow the six months' rental on purchase price, and arrange easy terms on bal ance, C ,W. Lindsay. ww 3 A banquet will de given to Major T. A. Kidd in thé Frontenac (lab to-night bythe divisionel headqugr- ters staff on the occasion of his re- turn to civil life. Major Kidd has bedr G.A.A. and Q.M.G. for the past two years. He has been succeeded | by Lieut.-Col, W. H. Brown, late of the C.E.F. SPECIAL SALE OF OVERCOATS We Have a Number of Heavy Dark Grey Overcoats and Ulsters. Which we are going to sell tor ten ! days for $20. We were pelling these | conts for $25. «These 'are a snap. | Others up to $45. i The Lion Clothing House, 2347 King Btreet, near Princess, i Bt. Paul's Tea And Sale, A successful tes and sale was held in the school room of St. Pauls church Thursday afternoon. The ta- bles were prettily decorated in red and white, with white chrysanthe- mums. A goodly sum was realised. The Edison machine, which suppl music for-the afternoon was kindly loaned by the J. M. Greese Music Company, Limited. * : To Cure a Cold in One Day. Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUI NINE (Tablats.) It stops the Cough and Headache and works off the Cold. B. W. GROVE'S signature on eath box. 80c Talked Oyer Old Times. Capt. Van Black, Pleton, of the sthooner Eliza Quinian, id one of the best known, of the' old . timers sailing on. the lake, spont a few days in Kingston recently. Capt. Andrew Mitchell and Mate Btepher Tyo, he paid a visit to Capt. Joseph Dix, ard all had a great time talking over old times on the lake, and te- realled their-visits to the Main Ducks when they "doffed to westward to bury their lea cat head." We Robert McLaughlin, of Oshawa, on his 33rd birthday and the 50th anni- Mefdelssohn's demanded by poser. in question. pedalling. : versary of his business, was tendered] a banquet by his employees. Half a century &go, in a barn on his farm, he made his first vehicle. ? = : u - wt E "THE HAT STORE" Picton, Nov. 20.-C. Bétts has fade gy Po tour of threshing roug Greenbush. lott, of Fish ed, arranged. progressively with regard to difficui The numbers included wets a cofipokers, so that the editioh contains sone of the tasteless arrangements from operas, symphonies, string quirtéites, and so forth. - , ' Loo Natyrally the volumes do not-al represent Grieg, for example, wrote no specific "children's pieces." as Schumann "Pieces for Children' require a tech nieal developiiént much more advanced than that the simpler compositions of Bach, Handel and upon as an introduction to the study of the individual Btyle and characteristic manne Of the com- Attention is ¢alled to the complétenats and fc curdey of ance of which will result in the development of the student's taste and are in the direction of correct ORKADAY HENAN ERLE NANA SRRNNNRERNNRANEENR FOR THE THRIFTY BUYER 'Newman & Shaw | "The Always ty, and éditéd and fingered from a thoroughly II penned &specially for the instrument by their of difficulty. 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